Die cast miniatures

[mcdjl]

I've recently picked up these planes from the market and would like to paint them. I remember seeing the asymmetric one somewhere on here recently but any help with identifying it or the others would be appreciated!

[dr_gn]

They don't look particularly accurate, but I'd say the assymmetric one is a Blohm und Voss bv141, the twin engined one a Bristol Beaufighter, and the other one a Hawker Tempest (ETA, or maybe a P-47 Thunderbolt).

Edited by dr_gn on Saturday 17th January 22:37

[mcdjl]

Accuracy does seem to be rather low on the list of attributes for these planes.
For it to be the Bristol the tail is wrong, likewise the bv (and the wings seem to be on backwards). The p47n looks more likely, it appears to be a radial for what that's worth.
Good spotting! That might be what they get painted as, I may eventually get photos of them back on here.

[dr_gn]

Actually the tail was one of the distinctive things that made me think Beaufighter, along with the front of the engines being further forward than the front of the fuselage - both are fairly unique when combined into one aircaft:



Likewise the bv141 - s far as I know there are no other aircraft which even vaguely resemble it, so we're left with that as the most likely candidate. ETA, this is the version I was thinking of, the tail isn't far off:



The other one is less clear, although the elliptical wing, distinctive tailplane planform, bubble canopy suggest P-47, but then the engine/spinner isn't really correct even allowing for inaccuracy. It looked vaguely Japanese, but I guess it could be anything.

Are there any markings under the wings? I've got a fairly large collection of old Dinky aircraft, and a few reference books on the subject, but none of those models appear anywhere.

Edited by dr_gn on Sunday 18th January 11:38

[mcdjl]

The version of the beaufighter of found didn't have the long slope to the tail and the bv141 appeared to be asymmetrical as well. Your photos match the models much more closely. There aren't any markings on the underside of the models. It appears someone had ground off the undercarriage and on one of them scribed the raised panel lines into the wing.
The biggest is about 5cm across if that helps identify them, the scales are a bit mixed!

[mcdjl]

It's taken me a while but they're now all painted, not very well but I gave up trying to mask them as they're just too small.

[dr_gn]

mcdjl said:

It's taken me a while but they're now all painted, not very well but I gave up trying to mask them as they're just too small.

I like them; the Beaufighter looks particulary nice.

[mcdjl]

dr_gn said:

I like them; the Beaufighter looks particulary nice.

Thanks, it does somehow seem more 'right' than the others for no reason I can see. I might try a stain varnish on the bv141 to see if that helps.